An Email from women at #Niedstr to Frau #Tomaske

On the 27.05, the inhabitants of the Lager at Niedstr 1-2, sent to Frau Tomaske (LAF) the following complain. Until
today, they didn’t receive any answer and there are no changes in this unsustainable situation. What is LAF waiting for?

(Deutsch unten)
Dear Frau Tomaske,

In Soziale Initiative Niederlausitz e.v. Notunterkunft Neidstr 1-2 12159 Berlin, there is a huge problem with food. Women complained to administration 100 times but they do not listen. Last month a Woman tried to kill herself because of being desperate that the food is bad and she cannot afford to buy herself food everyday. also another woman got very angry because of the disgusting smell of the food which look like garbage and she brock some dishes.
The women mad a complaint in Arabic and over 73 signature is on it and signatures are getting more. We tried hard to explain it in English and German to other women.(every body here understand that “Essen Nicht gut”) Arabic women, Vietnamese, Iranian, Afghani, Balkan women all signed about the terrible quality of the food. it is damaging our health. yesterday women were crying because they do not know what to feed their children. Today at the first day of Ramadan for Muslim people, they offer them very spicy food that burns in the through (this food was the the same of the lunch for us) . Women are very depressed of the food and the administration carelessness about this issue.

There are other issues such as:

1. Cleaning is done only one time per a day (It should be done 3 times as the administration informed me personally) and the administration does not supervise this process. we offered to supervise it our self (only if they cooperate with us and listen to us). the hygiene level in toilets and showers is most of the time below zero! also most of the time no Soap nor Sanitizer in the toilets.

2.The office hours are not enough to handle our problems (we wanted it to be as a minimum 2 hours a day).

3.No special food for pregnant women nor for children.

4.The Erste Hilfe room is always closed. although it is written that it should open every Thursday which is not enough of course.

5.The administration choose 6 women to form a residence council who wrote a protocol that every thing is fine in the Notunterkunft and that every body see improvements! which almost 73 women who signed this complaint did not see .

6.We are not allowed to close the doors of our rooms. some time the women in the room are sleeping or they want to get dressed. which make us in a state of panic and fear that the door can be opened any time.

This place is supposed to protect women, not to traumatize them!

7.Every time the administration try to convince us that they will build a kitchen. they said the building work will start on May now they say that it will start in June and will be done by January 2017. do we have to be tortured by this food more 8 months?

they also got permission for us to cook in two kitchens in other buildings near the Notunterkunft, which is good. But still women cannot afford to buy the material to cook because money is wasted on the uneatable food provided by the Notunterkunft.

The Administration informed me and three other women that they would meet with us to discuss these complaints. but we are afraid that they do not listen to us as usual.

We love this place which offer us safety and relatively good life. we do not want to leave it to another place. Nevertheless we do not want to take food from this place because it is very bad and damaging for our health and our children. “we want to buy our Owen food and cook for yourself.”

we also want such measurements as in Fehrberliner Platz.
Please check the attached photos.
also attached the complaint.